Asus GTX 560 (NON TI!) Support on Lion

Posted 14 November 2011 - 03:09 AM

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Ok so I just put together a new pc. It has an ASUS Maximus IV GENE-Z. Ive got a Core i7 2600K, 2x4 GB of Corsair Vengeance ram, and an ASUS GTX 560 non TI (idk what to actually call it). Ive modded the NVDAGF100Hal kext and the modified GeForceGLDriver bundle. I boot up and I get native resolutions but all I see is the background of the login screen and it flickers back and forth from the spinning loading feel (no apple logo). And when I boot verbose it does the same thing but with the verbose black screen with some occasional lines of code. When I boot into safe mode I get native res as well and I can actually log in but I don't get QE, CI, or Open GL.

Posted 15 November 2011 - 02:46 AM

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Ok so I've managed to get native resolution on my screen and it is detecting all of the graphics card memory. But it still says it is an unknown card and the 2d acceleration is extremely poor. 3d is fine but I'm getting choppy animations with beam sync disabled and quartz 2d extreme enabled. Is this a driver issue or just an issue with lion in general? The 2d animations are more choppy then they were on my 7500LE on my 1080 screen

Posted 16 November 2011 - 05:10 AM

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Ok I solved all of my problems by myself For anyone else with an ASUS GTX 560 non ti, this is what I did.1. Update to latest version of lion (10.7.2)2. Download this kext package- http://www.osx86.net...do=file&id=18013. Install all kexts and bundles in the zip file (Kext Utility)4. RebootExtra steps5. You might need to add npci=0x2000 to your kernel flags and/or add <key>PCIRootUID</key> <string>1</string> to the boot.plist

6. If you want to get the most performance out of your card, delete the AppleGraphicsPowerManagement kext and run the kext utility again. (I would recommend you do this as the 2D performance is poor with the power management on)

Posted 13 June 2012 - 05:05 AM

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Hi.
Im still running 10.7.2 because I don't want to mess anything up, but I'm sure it works with 10.7.4. Just update first then install the files. Disregard step 6 though, it might help reduce lag but the easiest way is to put your display to sleep then wake it up again. For some reason this fixes all the lag, at least for me. I put the display to sleep option in the top right hot corner so whenever I reboot the computer, I just quickly put the display to sleep and wake it up again.
One thing I did notice with my card is that fading animations slow down the graphics a lot. So the fading animation the volume makes every time you change it causes the 3D performance to be really jerky for a second. Not really annoying unless you have a chat program that has messages pop up and fade out, then it becomes a problem.
If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.

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Posted 06 February 2013 - 02:28 AM

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Do you have an edited AppleGraphicsPowerManagement.kext for the GTX 560 on ML you can attach here?

I deleted the AppleGraphicsPowerManagement.kext because it served no purpose. If your graphics card is running with full resolution and Quartz Extreme, then your all set.I don't know if this method works on Mountain Lion, but if you need any help just ask.

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Posted 07 February 2013 - 04:31 AM

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Ok. Have you already tried installing the kexts I provided in Post #4? If you haven't then backup your NVDAGF100Hal and GeForceGLDriver.bundle and install GeForceGLDriver.bundle and NVDAGF100Hal.kext. If that doesn't work then send me your backed up .kext and .bundle and ill modify them for you.

Posted 07 February 2013 - 04:41 AM

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Ok. Have you already tried installing the kexts I provided in Post #4? If you haven't then backup your NVDAGF100Hal and GeForceGLDriver.bundle and install GeForceGLDriver.bundle and NVDAGF100Hal.kext. If that doesn't work then send me your backed up .kext and .bundle and ill modify them for you.

Posted 07 February 2013 - 04:53 AM

Ok, im going to put these lines in NVDAGF100Hal.kext0x0dc010de&amp;0xffc0ffff0x0f0010de&amp;0xffc0ffff0x104010de&amp;0xffc0ffff0x120110de&amp;0xffc0ffff0x108610de&amp;0xffc0ffff

The bolded letters is the device ID plus the last three characters of the vendor ID. Go to About This Mac and go to the graphics/displays section and tell me if any of these bolded lines is the same as the device ID plus the last three characters of the vendor ID. Or just send me a screenshot of your About Mac Graphics/Displays window.

Posted 07 February 2013 - 05:04 AM

It looks like your graphics card has been properly identified already. A quick way to check if you already have the correct drivers is if you can use itunes cover flow

If the power management kext isnt causing any problems, then don't bother removing it, your Bios should do most of the GPU control anyways, you won't burn out your card by removing the kext but I would keep it there anyways.

Also, is everything in /Extra, including org.chameleon.Boot.plist fine the way I have it?

Posted 07 February 2013 - 05:04 AM

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Hmmm, I guess it's something in my /Extra folder thats holding it back performance-wise, or that games just wont play well on OS X. I get 60FPS on Guild Wars 2 on Windows 8, but 7 FPS on OS X. Or maybe my CPU isnt being used properly on OS X. I dunno.

Posted 07 February 2013 - 05:08 AM

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Hmmm, I guess it's something in my /Extra folder thats holding it back performance-wise, or that games just wont play well on OS X. I get 60FPS on Guild Wars 2 on Windows 8, but 7 FPS on OS X. Or maybe my CPU isnt being used properly on OS X. I dunno.

Well, I didn't see your cards model number in the NVDA kext so I added your device to the kext, try it and tell me if it fixes anythinghttp://d.pr/f/9PGi